I scanned a 100 year old yearbook last week. 1925 The Chesbronian was the yearbook for Chesbrough Seminary. That school would eventually become Roberts Wesleyan College University. Back in 1925 it was a 2 year college so those students are listed as Sophomores and Freshmen. But it also was a high school. Those are shown …
I was busy with home projects last week, so I only scanned a few pictures. The one on the right is a multi-view of Saint John’s Home before the construction of their tower in 1964. The building on the bottom of the card was originally the George Ellwanger mansion. This is a special anniversary year …
All I scanned last week were some pictures and postcards. Photo of Braddock Point Lighthouse, dated Nov. 15, 1897, from the National Archives. Photo of Braddock Point Lighthouse, dated 1920. The tower of the lighthouse was shortened in 1954 because it was deteriorating. Photo looking west from the Braddock Point Lighthouse, also dated 1920. Postcard …
I only scanned one small booklet last week; Indian History of New York State; Part 1, Pre-Iroquoian Cultures (1953) by William A. Ritchie. It is a history of the earliest Native Americans to settle in NY State. they were hunter/gathers and probably had minimal agricultural skills. The later Iroquois cultures both hunted and cultivated their …